#4E1E20#4E1E20

#4E1E20 is a dark, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.073 H 19.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E20
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 32)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.5%, 59%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.60, 22.85, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.60, 24.90, 23.45°)
OKLab	oklab(30.71% 0.0683 0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(30.71% 0.073 19.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8672, 2.6530, 1.6746)
Luminance	0.0265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E20 #1E4E4C

analogous

#4E1E38 #4E1E20 #4E341E

triadic

#4E1E20 #204E1E #1E204E

tetradic

#4E1E20 #384E1E #1E4E4C #341E4E

square

#4E1E20 #384E1E #1E4E4C #341E4E

split-complementary

#4E1E20 #1E4E34 #1E384E

monochromatic

#160909 #220D0E #4E1E20 #7A2F32 #A64044

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.72

#4E1E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4E1E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E20

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E20	1.00	13.72	1.53	13.72
#FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#35311F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#56161F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.073 19.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c5b',
    500: '#4e1e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e20;
$custom-light: #835c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.5,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30705,
    "c": 0.07263,
    "h": 19.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E20

secondary

#458380

accent

#D4CF54

background

#F8F5F5

surface

#EFE9E9

border

#CAC5C5

text

#0B0404

muted

#7C7979

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E20

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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